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CPT Walter Vrooman

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CPT Walter Vrooman

Birth
Death
1825 (aged 74–75)
Burial
Watervliet, Albany County, New York, USA Add to Map
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He married Jacomyntje Barheit

R.W.
2nd reg., Albany County Militia
On 23 Oct 1780 he was taken prisoner at Kanassoraga int he Indian Country. He was released 29 July 1783 in Canada.

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On June 20, 1778, he was commissioned first lieutenant in Captain Jesse Van Slyck's company, 2d Albany County Militia. In September he was on garrison duty at the Middle Fort, Schoharie. In 1779 he was serving as a lieutenant in the Levies. From August to November he commanded a company at Schoharie mustered at Schenectady and attached to Colonel Butler's regiment. On October 23, 1780, while serving as a lieutenant in Colonel Harper's Levies, he was taken prisoner by forces under Sir John Johnson and Joseph Brant and removed to Canada, where he was held until the end of the war.
A history of Schenectady during the revolution, pg 265-6. No copyright.

Contributor: Lori (47310379)
He married Jacomyntje Barheit

R.W.
2nd reg., Albany County Militia
On 23 Oct 1780 he was taken prisoner at Kanassoraga int he Indian Country. He was released 29 July 1783 in Canada.

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On June 20, 1778, he was commissioned first lieutenant in Captain Jesse Van Slyck's company, 2d Albany County Militia. In September he was on garrison duty at the Middle Fort, Schoharie. In 1779 he was serving as a lieutenant in the Levies. From August to November he commanded a company at Schoharie mustered at Schenectady and attached to Colonel Butler's regiment. On October 23, 1780, while serving as a lieutenant in Colonel Harper's Levies, he was taken prisoner by forces under Sir John Johnson and Joseph Brant and removed to Canada, where he was held until the end of the war.
A history of Schenectady during the revolution, pg 265-6. No copyright.

Contributor: Lori (47310379)

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